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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOEL D. OLINGER, OF WATER VALLEY, MISSISSIPPI.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,540, dated September 21, 1880.

i Application filed July 6, 1880. (No model.)

by a Wire, E, passed through the center piece, A, and through the said side pieces, B. The ends of the lower horizontal boards of the ad- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OEL D. ()LINGER, of \Vater Valley, in the county of Yalabusha and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and jacent panels are secured to the center piece,

useful Improvement in Fences, of which the A, by the notched bar or batten F and blocks following is a specification. a, nailed or bolted to the side of the said cen- Figure l is a sectional elevation of the iinter piece, A. proveinent. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Foran ordinary fence three lower horizontal Similar letters of reference indicate correboards,D,should be used fora five-board fence, spending parts. and two for a four-board fence. For a stock- The object of this invention is to furnish fence only one lower board need be used, as fences so constructed that they can be readily indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, wherein I) moved from place to place, and which shall he represents the board, F the clamping-bar, and strong and durable and less expensive in construction than fences constructed in the ordiand center piece. nary manner. In constructing this fence the boards D are The invention consists in constructing a used just as they come from the saw-mill, and fence of the horizontal boards and the posts I can be slid in either direction to allow stock, formed of the upright central piece having a wagons, and other things to pass through. longitudinal slot in its upper part to receive It will be observed that thefence stands upon theinclined side pieces, the inclined side pieces the top of the ground, and is thus not so liable having notches in the opposite edges of their to decay as when set in the ground. upper parts to receive the upper horizontal Having thus described myinvention, whatI boards, the fastening-wire and the bar having claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters notches to receive thelower horizontal boards, Patent, is as will be hereinafter fully described. 1. A fence constructed substantially as here- Each post of the fence is formed of three in shown and described, consisting of the cenparts or pieces, a central upright, A, and two i ter piece, A, having a longitudinal slot in its inclined side parts or braces, B. In the upper upper part, the two inclined side pieces, B, part oftheupright orcentral piece, A,is formed 1 having notches in the opposite edges of their a long slot of such a wid th that the upper parts upper parts, the wire E, the notched bar F, and of the side pieces, 15, can be passed through it the horizontal boards D, as set forth.

from opposite sides, and of such a length as to 2. In a fence, the posts formed, substantially allow the lower ends of the side pieces, B, to be as herein shown and described of the central drawn to within about four feet of each other. piece, A, having a longitudinal slot in its up- In the opposite edges of the side pieces, B, at per part, the two inclined pieces B, having the upper and lower ends of the slot in the cennotches in the opposite edges of their upper ter piece, A, are formed notches O, to receive parts, the wire E, and the notched bar F, to the ends of the upper horizontal boards, D, of adapt them to receive and support the horithe panels, which boards D are firmly clamped zontal boards D, as set forth.

against the opposite sides of the center piece, JOEL D. OLIN GER. A, by drawing the lower ends of the said side pieces inward or toward each other. The lower ends of the side pieces, B, are secured in place Witnesses J. F. WHITE, J. Q. MORRISON.

a the blocks interposed between the said bar 

